THE ROMNEY EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 797, 21 April 1910, Page 8

THE ROMNEY EXHIBITION.

ON THE' lONIC,

Thero was a stsaJy stream of visibib to the lonic yesterday to inspect Mr. Short's crack Komneys and Mr. Porry'a handsome Linoolns,, row safely installed on board for their long voyage across tho South: Pacific. ■. The twenty-four sheep aro on deck ji. six stoutly-built pens, roofed and- c6ver-»d with canvas to keep them snug, and dry.. They are in charge of a. shepherd, wearing a handsome green uniform with velvet collar and brass-but-tons complete, and with a peaked cap, bearing the legend "New Zealand Bom-, lit) Marsh." Thii is: in accordance with the regulations ; of the Argentine Rural Society/' At.mast of the' big ; shows in North and South America the atten-' ilants' are in uniform. Among; the. visitors yesterday , were majy breeders : -jrh'i had come to the city., specially to inspect the- shtevi, but tho merely; curious sightseers were strongly; in evidence, and, from-tho remarks which cue overheard, many were by-no means certain whether they were ' looking >'at' 'the Paroraugi Kcmneys or the Penrose Linoohis. Ru w.rd Breaker 111 and his brother win.' trotted out from their peri for inspection on {ho deck about once in See niinutwr o:r an averagi,. The valu*' of these two sheep, for which Mr. Short refused £SBO apiece, is steadily growing in popular imaginatioh,'.'and yesterday stray people wore to. bo heard ad-vising their friends to go down to the lonic and see .the two rams that wero worth £5(100 each. The sheep will •bj on view aigain this 'morning.,